Radio and the Gendered Soundscape
Women and Broadcasting in Argentina and Uruguay, 1930-1950
By Christine Ehrick | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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This book is a history of women radio and the gendered constructions of voice and sound in Buenos Aires Argentina and Montevideo Uruguay. Through the stories of five women and one radio station this study makes a substantial theoretical contribution to the study of gender mass media and political culture and expands our knowledge of these issues beyond the US and Western Europe. Included here is a study of the first all-women s radio station in the Western Hemisphere an Argentine comedian known as Chaplin in Skirts an author of titillating dramatic serials and of course Argentine First Lady Evita Peron. Through the concept of the gendered soundscape this study integrates sound studies and gender history in new ways asking readers to consider both the female voice in history and the sonic dimensions of gender.
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 9781107079564
- Paperback
- ISBN 9781107438828
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This book is a history of women radio and the gendered constructions of voice and sound in Buenos Aires Argentina and Montevideo Uruguay. Through the stories of five women and one radio station this study makes a substantial theoretical contribution to the study of gender mass media and political culture and expands our knowledge of these issues beyond the US and Western Europe. Included here is a study of the first all-women s radio station in the Western Hemisphere an Argentine comedian known as Chaplin in Skirts an author of titillating dramatic serials and of course Argentine First Lady Evita Peron. Through the concept of the gendered soundscape this study integrates sound studies and gender history in new ways asking readers to consider both the female voice in history and the sonic dimensions of gender.
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This book is a history of women radio and the gendered constructions of voice and sound in Buenos Aires Argentina and Montevideo Uruguay. Through the stories of five women and one radio station this study makes a substantial theoretical contribution to the study of gender mass media and political culture and expands our knowledge of these issues beyond the US and Western Europe. Included here is a study of the first all-women s radio station in the Western Hemisphere an Argentine comedian known as Chaplin in Skirts an author of titillating dramatic serials and of course Argentine First Lady Evita Peron. Through the concept of the gendered soundscape this study integrates sound studies and gender history in new ways asking readers to consider both the female voice in history and the sonic dimensions of gender.
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Society and Social Sciences > Society and culture: general > Cultural and media studies > Media studies
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Christine Ehrick
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Radio and the Gendered Soundscape is available as hardcover(ISBN 9781107079564) and paperback(ISBN 9781107438828)